Officers In Burned Body Case Face More Charges

5 NOPD Officers Accused In Algiers Killing

UPDATED 1:52 AM CDT Aug 19, 2010

NEW ORLEANS -

The five former and current New Orleans police officers charged in connection with the death of a man found in a burned-out car in Algiers after Hurricane Katrina will face additional federal charges, WDSU has learned.

It is not yet clear what those charges are. WDSU learned Thursday that they are charged in a superseding federal indictment.

Former officer David Warren, former Lt. Robert Italiano, Lt. Dwayne Scheuermann, Lt. Travis McCabe and officer Gregory McRae were charged in June with crimes in connection with the Sept. 2, 2005, shooting and killing of Henry Glover.

They're also charged in connection with the burning of his dead body in a car, the assault of civilians who tried to help Glover and other offenses in covering up the incident.

It's a case the WDSU I-Team began reporting on last year, when reporter Travers Mackel obtained exclusive video shot by two Pennsylvania police officers, showing the charred body of Glover.

Glover had been shot in the chest a few days after Hurricane Katrina, according to witness Will Tanner. Tanner loaded Glover, who was alive but badly injured, into his car and drove to an elementary school, where he knew New Orleans police officers were stationed.

Tanner said he was greeted with guns and was handcuffed to a table. He said the last time he saw Glover and his car, a New Orleans police officer was behind the wheel, driving toward the Mississippi River levee.

Five days later, police officers from Pennsylvania found Tanner's car burned, with the skeletal remains of Glover inside.

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